Dina Sabry Fayek Basanty <br/><br/>
Hepcidin as a biomarker for iron status in chronic kidney disease /  
 هيبسيدين كعلامة حيوية لحالة الحديد فى مرض الكلى المزمن 
Dina Sabry Fayek Basanty ; Supervised Manal Elhusseiny Abufarha , Laila Ahmed Rashed , Noha Mohamed Elhusseiny 
 - Cairo :   Dina Sabry Fayek Basanty ,   2013 
 - 141 P. :   charts , facsimiles ;   25cm 
<br/><br/>Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of internal Medicine 
<br/><br/> Backgrund : Hepcidin is acute phase reactant protein produced in the liver discovered to be a key regulator of iron homeostasis . It increases by inflammation andlimits iron availability for erythropoiesis in chronic kidney disease . Objectives : is to assess hepcidin level in chronic kidney disease patients and its relation to iron level and erythropoiesis . Hepcidin may be a new biomarker of iron status 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Index Terms: </label>ِAnemia  Hepcidin  Renal failure